2024 Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools in the Southeast Region
93Colleges in the Southeast Region
2,111Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #111 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 93 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for physical therapy assistant students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,111 degrees in physical therapy assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Physical Therapy Assistant School
The physical therapy assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Therapy Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physical Therapy Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Physical Therapy Assistant in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the physical therapy assistant degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
13 Top Southeast Region Schools in Physical Therapy Assistant
It's hard to beat Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy assistant. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #176 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were about 178 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat South College if you want to pursue a degree in physical therapy assistant. Located in the city of Knoxville, South College is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
There were about 51 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at South College in the most recent data year.
ECPI University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physical therapy assistant. ECPI University is a large private for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means ECPI University is a great university overall.
There were about 50 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at ECPI University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in physical therapy assistant has to look into Southern Adventist University. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Collegedale. A Best Colleges rank of #273 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Southern Adventist is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Southern Adventist in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #571 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CGTC is a great college overall.
There were about 13 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at CGTC in the most recent data year.
A-State is a large public university located in the city of Jonesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #610 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means A-State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #724 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FSCJ is a great college overall.
There were approximately 45 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at FSCJ in the most recent data year.
Radford is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Radford. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 21 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent data year.
Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the city of Ocala. A Best Colleges rank of #303 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Rasmussen University - Florida is a great university overall.
There were about 24 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rasmussen University - Florida in the most recent year we have data available.
Central Piedmont Community College is a large public college located in the large city of Charlotte. This college ranks 19th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 18 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Central Piedmont Community College in the most recent data year.
BC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #635 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 77 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Gainesville, Lanier Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #773 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lanier Technical College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 17 physical therapy assistant students who graduated with this degree at Lanier Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
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Here are some additional great schools for Physical Therapy Assistant students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The physical therapy assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physical Therapy Assistant rankings. We derive our Best Overall Physical Therapy Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
